1321. DuBarry A Biography, by Stanley Loomis (read 2 Apr 1975) Because I so appreciated this author's Paris in the Terror (read 29 Mar 1975) I read this. DuBarry was born Jeanne Becu in 1743. Madame Pompadour died Apr 15, 1764. Louis XV's queen, Marie Leczinska, died June 23, 1768. Becu met Louis XV in the early summer of 1768. She married Guillaune du Barry on Sept 1, 1768--and never saw him after the ceremony. The whole story, frankly, sickens me, even though Loomis is rather favorable to duBarry. Her whole life, morally, was a disgrace, since after Louis XV died she took up with others. She was guillotined in Dec of 1793. The book is well-written and instructive. Some of the Revolution scenes are horrific: "Thus during the Terror it was not an unusual occurrence . . .to have some screaming madman rush forward at the instant a head had tumbled into the wicker basket and, putting a cup in front of the bleeding stump, drink from it to the wild applause of the assembled mob." ( )